Schneider Electric has integrated its Data Center Infrastructure Management (DCIM) solution StruxureWare with HP’s Universal Configuration Management Database (UCMB).

The combination will provide an increased level of communications between IT Service Management (ITSM) and DCIM platforms, providing data center managers with more efficient management of data center assets.

DCIM and ITSM platforms typically operate in isolation from each other, with data center managers utilizing different teams and resources to manage change within and between each domain.

This increases the possibility for resource conflicts which can be time consuming and costly.

Schneider said through the integration with HP’s UCMDB, communication and asset data reconciliation between the solutions platforms for DCIM and ITSM will be enabled.

This will allow data center managers to manage IT services and physical infrastructure within the data center in a holistic, integrated way.

Access to HP’s Single Instance of Truth will provide users with enhance visibility into asset performance and lifecycle, across all HP IT management platforms while inter-platform asset and event change reporting can also alert data center operators to potential asset conflicts.

The two companies said the integration will provide the capability to obtain the level of detail regarding asset performance provides operators with an improved understanding of impact scenarios at the infrastructure, virtual machine and customer level.

Linkage of IT services and processes to physical assets as well as power and cooling requirements enables data center operators to directly associate IT with power consumption, allowing the measurement of workload-to-watts equivalency, enabling data center managers to see accurate total cost of operation for end-user services.

Schneider Electric’s VP of enterprise management and software Soeren Jensen said today’s data center managers are increasingly challenged by siloes between IT and facilities, resulting in a breakdown in communication.

“This made it difficult to take the first steps towards streamlined operations, improved efficiency and reduced costs,” Jensen said.

“Through this collaboration with HP to provide a holistic approach to managing IT business process assets and workloads, we are bridging the gap between IT and facilities.”